Chelsea caretaker boss Bruno Saltor played a slightly altered system against Liverpool to the one used in the final games under Graham Potter, with the returning N’Golo Kante coming into a central-midfield three alongside Mateo Kovacic and record signing Enzo Fernandez.

“It was a four-man midfield because Joao (Felix) was more of a 10,” said Saltor.

“It looked more like a diamond. It’s something that we’ve been working on, we’re trying to understand the spaces.

“I thought the boys did really well. We had good possession, we had counter attacks. I think we affected the game well enough. It’s not been a massive change.”